The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-11-16

preston tnat ne WAS reporter. he went
around to the back door and
his gaze. Mrs. Spies sat st the table
wailipg as il her heart would break. The
Lamentations of the household could be
heard across the street. The deputy handed
the letter to Mrs. Spies sister and left.
Mrs. EDgel keeps little toy and notion
shop at ESQ Milwaukee avenue. Papers
were up in the windows, but the door was
not locked. Entering, the deputy con-
fronted Mrs Engel. She was calm, passion
less ard pale. There was no excitement,
but an omInous calm pervsded every
thing.
Last night large crowd gathered around
Epgel's place, but 1t was not demonstra-
tive. This morning there was another
mob, which stared at the windows for a
while snd then dispersed. Deputy John
son found Fischer's house locked, silent
an d deserted. This was in. a German
Deighborhood, at No. Dean street, where
few English speaking people could be
found. The letter was laft with neigh
Dor.
Mrs. Parsons lives at No. 735 Milwaukee
avenue, but she was not at home, being
down at the scene OF the excitement. Dep
uty johnson says that the grief displayed
by Spies family is something terrible TO
contemplate. but the relatives of the other
men are not as visibly affected.
AFTER THE HANGING.
After the hanging the center OF attrac-
ton to idle curiosity seekers was transferred
to Milwaukee avenue, at points along
which thoroughfare the bodies of the dead
men lay. At little uRdertaker's shop at
1S6 Milwaukee avenue, the bodies of Lingg
and EDgel were prepared for the grave.
The latter's remains were easily cared for.
ard after being placed in neat black
cloth covered cssket were taken to the
little store at 2S6 Milwaukee avenue, where
the widow and brother of the dead man
waited to receive them. There was an
eager, curious crowd hanging around the
| shop, and though fully hundred persons
followed the black wagon that transferred
the remains to Engles old home the
| crowd did not seem to diminish in the
least. People pushed and showed and
| crowded to get sight of the interior OF the
store In the rear of which Lingg's body
lay, while an undertaken did his best to
| make the maDgled face mole slightly. 1t
was q difficult task, and it was some
hours after Enge's body lay in state In his
| old home before the suicides remains
were placed in neat casket with
silver trimmings exactly like that holding
EDgel's body. When this was finally
| done Lingg's mortal remains were carried
/ out and placed besides those of his old
friend. Hundreds of friends OF the dead
men filed into and out of the little shop
and took q last look at the faces almost
strange from the passage OF time. AT one
end of the store Mrs. Engel sat with eyes
| red with weeping, and her face shrouded
| in black veil. Eda Mueller sat, too, be-
side the casket which held all that re.
| manned on earth of her lover. Her face
was pale as death, and she sobbed convul.
sively as the sympathizing friends filed in
| and out.
| Further up the avenue, at No., 500 is an.
other undertaker's shop, where the bodies
| of Spies. Parsons and Fischer were cared
for. Mrs, Parsons was the most noticeable
person here, She sat With her back to the
window, through which hundred eager
| curious 81 es peered. A,little woman''c cloth
ed in black with face covered by a heavy
veil held Mrs. Parsons hands. This waI
Mrs. Van Zandt, and she was as deeply If
fected IS were the Anarchists wives
| small bowed figure sat alone
Spies, the Arch-anarchist's mother. Hel
head was bowed in her hands and they
| were almost in her lap. She rocked to and
fro in an agony of grief strangely at vari.
aDce with the actions of Mrs. Parsons, who
sat bolt upright and looked toward where
the body of her husband lay. Her eyes
were fixed in stony stare. They were
/ large anu lusIfOus, Out seemSu 10 nave l05l
the power of weeping. There she sat, one
hand clasped in that of the woman nexl
to her, her lips moving as though mutter-
ing some resolve, the thin, peaked, dark
features peering from behind the mass oil
crepe and looking as though there was
something in the future to anticipate.
Hers was a striking figure.
| There were little crowds along the ave.
nue., but they were composed OF idle cur
iosity seekers, not Of sympathizsrs with
the Anarchists cause. There was little
excitement, and while groups of men
stood on the street corners and discussed
the execution, there was not policeman
| in sight, nor any apparent need OF one.
The only sign of open interest was
shown at the Aurora Turn Hall, on HUI
| ron street, near Milwaukee avenue. Here
flag was at half mast, and in the saloon
below groups of men gathered aud ex.
pressed their disapproval OF the hanging
/ There were some SEQ wiling faces here, aud
the stranger was not cordially crested
Clenched fists aud ugly chances told of the
unpopularity of the English press 10 Turn
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